Rev. Fr. Frederick William Faber - All For Jesus: The Easy Ways of Divine Love

All for Jesus

The Easy Ways of Divine Love

Frederick William Faber, D.D.

We approve highly of the republication of the work styled All for Jesus , by the Rev. F. W. Faber, which has been received so favorably by the Catholics of England.

Francis Patrick Kenrick
Archbishop of Baltimore
Baltimore
January 20, 1854

This present edition by TAN Books was retypeset from the 23rd American edition, published by John Murphy & Co., 182 Baltimore Street, Baltimore, Maryland, around 1854, "with the sanction and corrections of the author."

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Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 90-70239

TAN Books
Charlotte, North Carolina
www.TANBooks.com

2012

BOOKS BY FATHER FABER

In This Series

ALL FOR JESUS

or The Easy Ways of Divine Love

BETHLEHEM

THE BLESSED SACRAMENT

or The Ways and Works of God

THE CREATOR AND THE CREATURE

or The Wonders of Divine Love

THE FOOT OF THE CROSS

or The Sorrows of Mary

GROWTH IN HOLINESS

or The Progress of the Spiritual Life

THE PRECIOUS BLOOD

or The Price of Our Salvation

SPIRITUAL CONFERENCES

"Life, and especially our spiritual life, often drags on heavily... It is weary work to be always fighting with our evil passions, and disheartening work to make so little way. Temptations tease us, and scruples worry us; and to be dead, buried, and safe in Purgatory, seems the limit to our peevish ambition. And why is this? Because we do not serve Jesus for love. If we did, it would be with us as it was with Jacob. Years would seem but days, for the greatness of our love. Now let us see if it is, after all, so impossible for us to serve our dear Lord out of love." Father Faber
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CONTENTS

Jesus all for usand all for loveHis interests the object of the Confraternity of the Precious Bloodmen's intereststhe devil's intereststhe interests of Jesus in 1) the Church Triumphant 2) the Church Suffering 3) the Church Militantthe four chief ones: 1) the glory of His Father, 2) the fruit of His Passion, 3) the honor of His Mother, 4) the esteem of grace; His interests do not follow the same rule as the interests of the worldnot to look for visible resultsprayer the chief way of forwarding them

Service of lovesympathy with Jesus a mark of a saintthree instincts of saints: 1) eagerness for the glory of God, 2) touchiness about the interests of Jesus, 3) anxiety for the salvation of souls; story of St. Giacinta Mariscottiexample of the three instincts in a Spanish Jesuitthe six advantages of giving away our indulgences to the souls in Purgatory

God our Father as well as our Creatorthis brings us to love of complacencyand so to love of condolencesorrow for other men's sinsvarious revelations to the saints about thisspecial office of nunsexample of the saintsmethods of practicing this sorrow: 1) meditation on God's glory, 2) St. Bernard's way, 3) way of Balthasar Alvarez and St. Alphonsus, how the three instincts are satiated in this devotionSt. Paphnutius and the piperLancisius on the CarnivalSt. Gertrude's visionthe plain English of the lives of most CatholicsGod's homeless glory

What goes to the saving of a soulwhat is involved in a soul being savedthe mystery of prayerSt. Gertrude's vision of the Ave Mariathe three instincts applied to the practice of intercessory prayerfor whom we should intercede: 1) for those in mortal sin, 2) for the lukewarm, 3) for the saints on earth, 4) for those in tribulation, 5) for our benefactors, 6) for those aiming at perfection, 7) for the increase of the accidental glory of the blessed, 8) for the rich and noble; the time, place and method of intercessionjoy and freedom from vainglory the fruits of intercessory prayer

Our distress because we love God so littlethe ways in which He helps us to love Himmore especially in the way of intercessionthe riches He gives us to offer to Him: 1) the Sacred Humanity of Jesus, 2) the intercessory use of the Passionvarious examples of the saints, 3) our Blessed Lady-nature of devotion to herdevotion to her Seven Joys, 4) the Angels, 5) all things that are or have been on earth, 6) God's own perfection; fitness of this devotion for invalids

God the center of everythingso-called pillars of the Church-nature and graceoblation of our actions in union with those of Christminting moneythe spirit of oblation: 1) the oblation of our ordinary actionsmethods and practicesdifference between canonized and uncanonized writersSt. Gertrude's oblations, 2) oblation of recreationshints to valetudinariansSt. Charles' game of chessNoe's ark, 3) oblation of solitude, 4) rising to God by common sights and soundsexamples and practicesPeter Faber's three methods of prayermultiplicity of mental devotionsvocal prayerdry devotion not solid, 5) ejaculatory prayerFather Bakerhow to say Office, 6) oblation of sufferings; what it is to be allowed to please GodGod begging glory of His own creatures

Neglect of thanksgivingspirit of the Eucharistfaults of good peopledry people ordinarily self-righteousfatherly providencea spirit of thanksgiving the characteristic of the saintsdevotion to the Eternal WordpracticesJewish tradition from PhiloHeads of thanksgiving: 1) Common blessings, 2) personal blessings, 3) afflictions, 4) trifling blessings, 5) miscellaneous blessings, 6) for irrational creatures, 7) blessings of our enemiesthe French Apostolate of prayer, 8) for angels and saints, 9) for supernaturalness of the Church, and the gift of faithSt. Jane Frances de Chantal, 10) for Massmaterials for thanksgiving after Mass and Communion; our own practice hithertospiritual benefits of thanksgivingapplication of it to the three instincts

Science and graceTarry-at-Home travellingwhat praise and desire areLoves of Complacency and Benevolencevalue of interior actsdescription of Godmeditation on the attributes of Godapplication of Praise and Desire to the three instinctshow we get at the love of complacencySaints made up of six thingsthe HOLY MIDDLE CLASS of the ChurchExamples: 1) From the Raccolta, 2) Lancisius' devotions to Jesus Risen, 3) St. Mary Magdalen de Pazzi's preparation for Whitsuntide, 4) renewal of vows and heroic desiresregimental holinessliberty of spiritSt. Gertrude, and the old Benedictine asceticsthe great wonder that God loves menthe greater that He lets men love Himthe greatest that they will not do sothe spirit of reparationMary the Christian's Benedicite the praise of the Sacred HeartGod's praise of Himself

Thoughts on HellRosignolithe world of sense and the world of spiritCommunion of the Saintstwo views of Purgatory-synopsis of the treatise of St. Catherine of Genoawhat the two views agree inlessons learned, for our own good, and for the good of the Holy SoulsPleas for this devotion: 1) All devotions center on it, 2) It implies all the works of mercy, 3) An exercise of the three theological virtues, 4) Its effects upon the spiritual life; the ways of practicing itstory of Marie Denise de Martignatthe sorrows of kind heartsGod's description of Himself as a poor invalidthe doctrinal character and fullness of their devotionsweet song of the Sacred Heart

TO THE FREQUENTERS OF THE ORATORY OF ST. PHILIP NERI

IN KING WILLIAM STREET, CHARING CROSS, LONDON

My dear Friends and Benefactors,

I venture to dedicate this little Book to you, for more reasons than one. I would have it stand as a memorial of my gratitude for all the affectionate intercourse which you have permitted to exist between the sons of St. Philip and yourselves; an intercourse which has been bound up with the dearest, because the most sacred, interests of your lives. For four years and more you have made our cause your own, and have rejoiced in our successes, and been anxious in our anxieties, as if they had been yours; while on our side, your griefs and cares, your sorrows and trials, you well know, have been taken upon ourselves, according to the poor measure of our love, and lightened, so far as heart can lighten heart in Christ.

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